The proposed Coastal Zone Management notification, which is expected to
replace the existing Coastal Regulation Zone notification (1991), will
hit the coastline like a second tsunami, say activists. With the shifting
of `zones', entire fishing communities will be moved out of coastal areas,
making way for unbridled construction in the name of `development'
P N Venugopal reports.

The Suryanelli case involved a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually harassed and assaulted continuously for 40 days by 42 men in 1996. A special court convicted 36 accused during 2000-2, but the High Court of Kerala surprisingly overturned that verdict.
M Suchitra reports.

Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, waits in vain for his trial to be speeded up after countless adjourned sessions of court. PN Venugopal recounts the circumstances and talks to Madani himself to discover how rules become exceptions in such cases.

Pushed to wall by a Supreme Court monitoring committee, Kerala's industries as well the state's pollution watchdog are finally seeking ways to reverse a reckless approach to hazardous waste management. There is no time to waste, reports C Surendranath..